Total Crime Rate
82.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025York Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Donnington , and the 220th highest crime rate of 562 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around York Road (TF2 9UU) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Donnington average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around York Road (TF2 9UU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Archway Drive, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterlow Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Donnington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambeth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Finchale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterlow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Waterlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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